INFO NOTE ON UN SPECIAL PROCEDURES – DECEMBER 2019

The UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. based on sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender. and gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth., Victor Borloz-Madrigal, has issued a call for inputs to his upcoming thematic report: on protection against violence and discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. based on sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender. and gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. with focus on practices of so-called “conversion therapy”pseudo-scientific and harmful practices used to attempt altering a person’s gender expression, gender identity or sexual orientation, based upon the wrong assumptions that any diversity is intrinsically disordered and can/should be changed., to be presented at the 44^th session of the Human Rights Councilan inter-governmental body within the United Nations which has the responsibility to promote and protect human rights. It is comprised of 47 member States, each elected to 3-year terms by the 193 member States of the United Nations. from 15 June 2020 to 03 July 2020.

The report will explore the human rights implications of these practices and interrogate their relationship with violence and discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. based on sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender. and gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth.. It will discuss the forms and scope of “conversion therapy”pseudo-scientific and harmful practices used to attempt altering a person’s gender expression, gender identity or sexual orientation, based upon the wrong assumptions that any diversity is intrinsically disordered and can/should be changed. as it is practiced across the globe, its impact on the persons that are subjected to it, measures adopted to prevent its practice and to penalize or prosecute those who perform it, and remedies provided to injured parties.

To inform the report, the IE on SOGIabbreviation standing for sexual orientation and gender identity is seeking inputs with information, data and views from all relevant stakeholders, such as Member States, civil society organizations, including medical and religious associations, National Human Rights Institutions, United Nationsan international organisation comprising 193 member States. It has the mission of maintaining peace and security, protecting human rights, providing humanitarian aid and ensuring economic and social development across the globe. It is a network of many different bodies and agencies, each of which has a particular role and responsibility. agencies, regional institutions, corporate entities, etc.

To guide the report, the Independent Expert has requested input by filling it a questionnaire available in these links:

Read the full call and questions here: English | Français | Español | Русский*

The deadline for submissions is 21 Dec 2019.

Responses may be submitted in English, French or Spanish (preferably), or Russian, Arabic or Chinese. Responses should be submitted in Word format.

* Translation into Russian is unofficial.

UN Independent Expert on SOGIabbreviation standing for sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, undertakes 1 to 3 fact-finding country visitsmissions carried out by UN Special Procedure mandate holders to assess the situation of human rights in a specific country. During their missions, they will meet with national and local authorities, national human rights institutions, as well as with NGOs, civil society, and survivors of human rights violations. Findings, conclusions and recommendations of such missions are published in reports to the Human Rights Council. per year.

He visited Ukraine in 2019, and Georgia and Mozambique in 2018. In 2017, his predecessor Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn visited Argentina.

In March 2018, Victor Madrigal-Borloz made 12 country visit requests. On 4 July 2018 Malta invited the Independent Expert to visit their country. On 8 October 2019 the Independent Expert requested a visit to Japan, and on 19 November 2019 to Tunisia.

In this section, you may find information about current status of the requests. Up-to-date information about country visitsmissions carried out by UN Special Procedure mandate holders to assess the situation of human rights in a specific country. During their missions, they will meet with national and local authorities, national human rights institutions, as well as with NGOs, civil society, and survivors of human rights violations. Findings, conclusions and recommendations of such missions are published in reports to the Human Rights Council. may be found here.

If your country is planned for the Independent Expert’s visit and you wish to engage with ILGA on this, please contact us ([email protected]).